International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad
The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad ( IOAA ) is an annual international student competition . It is one of the international science olympiads and deals with the scientific fields of astronomy and astrophysics . The Olympiad was created as a spin-off from the International Astronomy Olympiad to expand the scope of the organization.
The first IOAA took place in November / December 2007 in Chiang Mai , Thailand. Germany has participated in the competition as one of 46 countries since 2019.
history
The first Olympiad took place from November 30th to December 9th, 2007 in the city of Chiang Mai (Thailand) with 21 participating countries. The International Council, consisting of the team leaders, has elected a President (Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, Thailand) and a General Secretary (Chatief Kunjaya, Indonesia) for a term of five years. In 2011 the Olympics took place in Europe for the first time. In Poland the International Council has elected a new President (Chatief Kunjaya, Indonesia) and Secretary General (Greg Stachowski, Poland). Regional coordinators were also elected (Thaís Mothé Diniz, Brazil, for America and Aniket Sule, India, for Asia). The number of participants is growing steadily.
Previous venues
| No. | year | Host country | city | countries | student | date | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 |
 Thailand
|
Chiang Mai | 21st | 88 | 11/30 - 09.12. | IOAA 2007 ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 2 | 2008 |
 Indonesia
|
Bandung | 22nd | 86 | 08/19 - 28.08. | IOAA 2008 ( Memento from December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 3 | 2009 |
 Iran
|
Tehran | 20th | 93 | 17.10. - 27.10. | IOAA 2009 ( Memento from December 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 4th | 2010 |
 People's Republic of China
|
Beijing | 23 | 114 | 12.09. - 21.09. | IOAA 2010 ( Memento from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 5 | 2011 |
 Poland
|
Chorzów / Katowice / Krakow | 26th | 140 | 08/25 - 04.09. | IOAA 2011 |
| 6th | 2012 |
 Brazil
|
Rio de Janeiro / Vassouras | 28 | 124 | 04.08. - 13.08. | IOAA 2012 ( Memento from August 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 7th | 2013 |
 Greece
|
Volos | 35 | 182 | 07/27 - 05.08. | IOAA 2013 ( Memento from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 8th | 2014 |
 Romania
|
Suceava / Gura Humorului | 42 | 195 | 08/01 - 11.08. | IOAA 2014 ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 9 | 2015 |
Indonesia
|
Magelang / Semarang | 41 | 208 | 07/26 - 04.08. | IOAA 2015 ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 10 | 2016 |
 India
|
Bhubaneswar | 42 | 221 | 09.12. - 19.12. | IOAA 2016 ( Memento from November 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 11 | 2017 |
Thailand
|
Phuket | 44 | 219 | 11/12 - 21.11. | IOAA 2017 ( Memento from December 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 12 | 2018 |
People's Republic of China
|
Beijing | 39 | 202 | 03.11. - 11.11. | IOAA 2018 ( Memento from December 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) |
| 13 | 2019 |
 Hungary
|
Keszthely & Heviz | 46 | 254 | 08/02 - 10.08. | IOAA 2019 |
Future venues
- 14 .: 2020 in Bogota , Colombia (September 13-22) [1]
- 15th : 2021 in Ukraine
- 16 : 2022 in St. Petersburg , Russia
- 17 : 2023 in Kazakhstan
- 18 : 2024 in Minsk , Belarus
Web links
- IOAA report 2007-2016 (pdf, English)
- IOAA statistics
